iatrochemist
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from iatrochemistry.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ia‧tro‧che‧mist
Noun edit
iatrochemist (plural iatrochemists)
- Someone who practiced iatrochemistry.
- 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 374:
- Around 1604, Ribit and Mayerne helped a fellow Huguenot and iatrochemist named Jean Béguin establish a pharmaceutical laboratory in Paris, where he offered public lectures on chemical medicine.